List of United States Senators from New York

This is a list of the United States Senators who have represented the State of New York. The date of the start of the tenure is either the first day of the legislative term (Senators who were elected regularly before the term began), or the day when they took the seat (Senators who were elected in special elections to fill vacancies, or after the term began).

Class 1 1
Class 3 2
See also 3

Class 1

Class 1 senators belong to the electoral cycle who were elected for one session of the U.S. Congress in the first election in 1789 and whose seats in recent years are contested in 1994, 2000, 2006, and 2012. The last two senators have been women.

#	Senator	Party	Years	Congress	Term	Electoral history
1	Philip Schuyler	Federalist	July 27, 1789 – March 3, 1791	1	1	Elected in 1789 Lost re-election
2	Aaron Burr	Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1791 – March 3, 1797	2	2	Elected in 1791 Lost re-election
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3	Philip Schuyler	Federalist	March 4, 1797 – January 3, 1798	5	3	Elected in 1797 Resigned due to ill health
Vacant			January 3, 1798 – February 2, 1798
4	John Sloss Hobart	Federalist	February 2, 1798 – April 16, 1798			Elected to finish Schuyler's term Resigned to become federal judge
Vacant			April 16, 1798 – May 5, 1798
5	William North	Federalist	May 5, 1798 – August 17, 1798			Appointed to continue Hobart's term Successor elected
Vacant			August 17, 1798 – December 11, 1798
6	James Watson	Federalist	December 11, 1798 – March 19, 1800	5 (Continued)		Elected to finish Hobart's term Resigned to become Naval Officer of the Port of New York
6	James Watson	Federalist	December 11, 1798 – March 19, 1800	6
Vacant			March 19, 1800 – May 3, 1800	6
7	Gouverneur Morris	Federalist	May 3, 1800 – March 3, 1803	6 (Continued)		Elected to finish Watson's term Lost re-election
7	Gouverneur Morris	Federalist	May 3, 1800 – March 3, 1803	7		Elected to finish Watson's term Lost re-election
8	Theodorus Bailey	Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1803 – January 16, 1804	8	4	Elected in 1803 Resigned
Vacant			January 16, 1804 – February 25, 1804
9	John Armstrong, Jr.	Democratic- Republican	February 25, 1804 – June 30, 1804			Elected to finish Bailey's term Resigned to become U.S. Minister to France
Vacant			June 30, 1804 – November 23, 1804
10	Samuel L. Mitchill	Democratic- Republican	November 23, 1804 – March 3, 1809	8 (Continued)		Elected to finish Armstrong's term Lost re-election
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11	Obadiah German	Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1815	11	5	Elected in 1809
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12	Nathan Sanford	Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1821	14	6	Elected in 1815 Lost re-election
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13	Martin Van Buren	Democratic- Republican/Bucktails	March 4, 1821 – December 20, 1828	17	7	Elected in 1821
		Crawford Republican		18
		Jacksonian		19
		Jacksonian		20	8	Re-elected in 1827 Resigned to become N.Y. Governor
Vacant			December 20, 1828 – January 29, 1829	20
14	Charles E. Dudley	Democratic	January 29, 1829 – March 3, 1833	20 (Continued)		Elected to finish Van Buren's term
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15	Nathaniel P. Tallmadge	Democratic	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1839	23	9	Elected in 1833 Legislature failed to re-elect
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	Vacant		March 4, 1839 – January 27, 1840	26	10
	Nathaniel P. Tallmadge	Whig	January 27, 1840 – June 17, 1844	26 (Continued)		Elected late Resigned to become Governor of Wisconsin Territory
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Vacant			June 17, 1844 – December 9, 1844	28
16	Daniel S. Dickinson	Democratic	December 9, 1844 – March 3, 1851	28 (Continued)		Appointed to finish Tallmadge's term
				29	11	Elected to full term in 1845 Lost re-election
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Vacant			March 4, 1851 – December 1, 1851	32	12
17	Hamilton Fish	Whig	December 1, 1851 – March 3, 1857	32 (Continued)		Elected late Retired
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18	Preston King	Republican	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1863	35	13	Elected in 1857 Retired
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19	Edwin D. Morgan	Republican	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1869	38	14	Elected in 1863 Lost re-nomination
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20	Reuben Fenton	Republican	March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1875	41	15	Elected in 1869
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21	Francis Kernan	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1881	44	16	Elected in 1875 Lost re-election
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22	Thomas C. Platt	Republican	March 4, 1881 – May 16, 1881	47	17	Elected in 1881 Resigned because of a disagreement with the President over federal appointments in New York
Vacant			May 16, 1881 – October 11, 1881	47
23	Warner Miller	Republican	October 11, 1881 – March 3, 1887	47 (Continued)		Elected to finish Platt's term Lost re-election
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24	Frank Hiscock	Republican	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1893	50	18	Elected in 1887 Lost re-election
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25	Edward Murphy, Jr.	Democratic	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1899	53	19	Elected in 1893 Lost re-election
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26	Chauncey Depew	Republican	March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1911	56	20	Elected in 1899
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				59	21	Re-elected in 1905 Lost re-election
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Vacant			March 3, 1911 – April 4, 1911	62	22
27	James A. O'Gorman	Democratic	April 4, 1911 – March 3, 1917	62 (Continued)		Elected late Retired
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28	William M. Calder	Republican	March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1923	65	23	Elected in 1916 Lost re-election
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29	Royal S. Copeland	Democratic	March 4, 1923 – June 17, 1938	68	24	Elected in 1922
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				71	25	Re-elected in 1928
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				74	26	Re-elected in 1934 Died
				75		Re-elected in 1934 Died
Vacant			June 17, 1938 – December 3, 1938	75
30	James M. Mead	Democratic	December 3, 1938 – January 3, 1947	75 (Continued)		Elected to finish Copeland's term
				76		Elected to finish Copeland's term
				77	27	Re-elected in 1940 Retired to run for N.Y. Governor in 1946
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31	Irving M. Ives	Republican	January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1959	80	28	Elected in 1946
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				83	29	Re-elected in 1952 Retired
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32	Kenneth Keating	Republican	January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1965	86	30	Elected in 1958 Lost re-election
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33	Robert F. Kennedy	Democratic	January 3, 1965 – June 6, 1968	89	31	Elected in 1964 Assassinated
33	Robert F. Kennedy	Democratic	January 3, 1965 – June 6, 1968	90		Elected in 1964 Assassinated
Vacant			June 6, 1968 – September 10, 1968	90
34	Charles Goodell	Republican	September 10, 1968 – January 3, 1971	90 (Continued)		Appointed to continue Kennedy's term Lost election to a full term
34	Charles Goodell	Republican	September 10, 1968 – January 3, 1971	91
35	James L. Buckley	Conservative	January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1977	92	32	Elected in 1970 Lost re-election
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36	Daniel Patrick Moynihan	Democratic	January 3, 1977 – January 3, 2001	95	33	Elected in 1976
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				98	34	Re-elected in 1982
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				101	35	Re-elected in 1988
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				104	36	Re-elected in 1994 Retired
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37	Hillary Rodham Clinton	Democratic	January 3, 2001 – January 21, 2009	107	37	Elected in 2000
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				110	38	Re-elected in 2006 Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of State
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Vacant			January 21, 2009 – January 25, 2009	111
38	Kirsten Gillibrand	Democratic	January 25, 2009 – Incumbent	111 (Continued)		Appointed to continue Clinton's term
				112		Elected to finish Clinton's term
				113	39	Re-elected in 2012
#	Senator	Party	Years	Congress	Term	Electoral history

Class 3

Class 3 senators belong to the electoral cycle who were elected for one session of the U.S. Congress in the first election in 1789 and whose seats in recent years are contested in 1998, 2004, 2010, and 2016.

#	Senator	Party	Years	Congress	Term	Electoral history
1	Rufus King	Federalist	July 25, 1789 – May 23, 1796	1	1	Elected in 1789
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				4	2	Re-elected in 1795 Resigned; appointed Minister to Great Britain
Vacant			May 23, 1796 – December 8, 1796	4 (Continued)
2	John Laurance	Federalist	December 8, 1796 – August 1800	4 (Continued)		Elected in a special election to finish King's term Resigned
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Vacant			August 1800 – January 8, 1801
3	John Armstrong, Jr.	Democratic- Republican	January 8, 1801 – February 5, 1802			Elected in a special election to finish Laurance's term
3	John Armstrong, Jr.	Democratic- Republican	January 8, 1801 – February 5, 1802	7	3	Re-elected in 1801 Resigned
Vacant			February 5, 1802 – February 23, 1802	7
4	DeWitt Clinton	Democratic- Republican	February 23, 1802 – November 4, 1803	7 (Continued)		Elected in a special election to finish Armstrong's term Resigned; unhappy with living conditions in Washington, DC
4	DeWitt Clinton	Democratic- Republican	February 23, 1802 – November 4, 1803	8
Vacant			November 4, 1803 – December 8, 1803
5	John Armstrong, Jr.	Democratic- Republican	December 8, 1803 – February 23, 1804			Appointed Resigned; Elected to the Class 1 seat
6	John Smith	Democratic- Republican	February 23, 1804 – March 3, 1813	8 (Continued)		Elected in a special election to finish Armstrong's term
				9		Elected in a special election to finish Armstrong's term
				10	4	Re-elected in 1807
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7	Rufus King	Federalist	March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1819	13	5	Elected in 1813 Legislature failed to elect
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	Vacant		March 4, 1819 – January 25, 1820	16	6
	Rufus King	Federalist	January 25, 1820 – March 3, 1825	16 (Continued)		Re-elected late Retired due to advanced age
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Vacant			March 4, 1825 – January 31, 1826	19	7	See U.S. Senate election in NY 1825-26
8	Nathan Sanford	Democratic- Republican	January 31, 1826 – March 3, 1831	19 (Continued)		Elected late Retired
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9	William L. Marcy	Democratic	March 4, 1831 – January 1, 1833	22	8	Elected in 1831 Resigned; elected N.Y. Governor
Vacant			January 1, 1833 – January 14, 1833	22
10	Silas Wright, Jr.	Democratic	January 14, 1833 – November 26, 1844	22 (Continued)		Elected in a special election to finish Marcy's term
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				25	9	Re-elected in 1837
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				28	10	Re-elected in 1843 Resigned; elected Governor
Vacant			November 26, 1844 – November 30, 1844
11	Henry A. Foster	Democratic	November 30, 1844 – January 27, 1845			Appointed Successor elected
12	John Adams Dix	Democratic	January 27, 1845 – March 3, 1849	28 (Continued)		Elected in a special election to finish Wright's term Lost re-election
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13	William H. Seward	Whig	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1861	31	11	Elected in 1849
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		Republican		34	12	Re-elected as a Republican in 1855
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14	Ira Harris	Republican	March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1867	37	13	Elected in 1861 Lost re-nomination
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15	Roscoe Conkling	Republican	March 4, 1867 – May 16, 1881	40	14	Elected in 1867
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				43	15	Re-elected in 1873
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				46	16	Re-elected in 1879 Resigned to protest President's appointment of an opponent
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Vacant			May 16, 1881 – October 11, 1881	47
16	Elbridge G. Lapham	Republican	October 11, 1881 – March 3, 1885	47 (Continued)		Elected in a special election to finish Conkling's term Retired
16	Elbridge G. Lapham	Republican	October 11, 1881 – March 3, 1885	48
17	William M. Evarts	Republican	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1891	49	17	Elected in 1885 Lost re-election
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Vacant			March 4, 1891 – January 7, 1892	52	18
18	David B. Hill	Democratic	January 7, 1892 – March 3, 1897	52		Elected in 1891, but took his seat only after term as N.Y. Governor ended Lost re-election
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19	Thomas C. Platt	Republican	March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1909	55	19	Elected in 1897
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				58	20	Re-elected in 1903 Retired
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20	Elihu Root	Republican	March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1915	61	21	Elected in 1909 Retired
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21	James W. Wadsworth, Jr.	Republican	March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1927	64	22	Elected in 1914
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				67	23	Re-elected in 1920 Lost re-election
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22	Robert F. Wagner	Democratic	March 4, 1927 – June 28, 1949	70	24	Elected in 1926
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				73	25	Re-elected in 1932
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				76	26	Re-elected in 1938
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				79	27	Re-elected in 1944 Resigned due to ill health
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Vacant			June 28, 1949 – July 7, 1949
23	John Foster Dulles	Republican	July 7, 1949 – January 3, 1950			Appointed to continue Wagner's term Lost special election
24	Herbert H. Lehman	Democratic	January 3, 1950 – January 3, 1957			Elected in a special election to finish Wagner's term
				82	28	Re-elected in 1950 Retired
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Vacant			January 3, 1957 – January 9, 1957	85	29
25	Jacob K. Javits	Republican	January 9, 1957 – January 3, 1981	85		Elected in 1956, but took seat late to prevent the Governor from appointing a rival to be his successor as N.Y. Attorney General
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				88	30	Re-elected in 1962
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				91	31	Re-elected in 1968
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				94	32	Re-elected in 1974 Lost re-election
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26	Al D'Amato	Republican	January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1999	97	33	Elected in 1980
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				100	34	Re-elected in 1986
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				103	35	Re-elected in 1992 Lost re-election
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27	Chuck Schumer	Democratic	January 3, 1999 – Incumbent	106	36	Elected in 1998
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				109	37	Re-elected in 2004
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				112	38	Re-elected in 2010
				113	38	Re-elected in 2010
#	Senator	Party	Years	Congress	Term	Electoral history

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